About this episode

A conversation about access, innovation, and inclusion in trail running with Nicole Ver Kuilen.

This week, Corrine Malcolm is joined by Nicole Ver Kuilen — endurance athlete, cancer survivor, advocate, and National Campaign Lead for So Every BODY Can Move — for a conversation about access, innovation, and what true inclusion in trail running really looks like. They talk about Nicole’s relationship with sport after losing her leg to bone cancer as a child, what drew her to trail running, and the very real barriers adaptive athletes still face long before they ever reach a start line. The two also dig into Nicole’s advocacy work, her recent milestone as Salomon’s first American para athlete, and what it meant to race MaXi-Race while helping shape the future of adaptive trail running through the Salomon Adaptive Project. It’s a thoughtful conversation about representation, equipment, design, and why building a more inclusive sport starts with making movement possible in the first place. Follow Us: FeistyFest Details and Registration: https://livefeisty.com/events/feisty-fest/ Courses and Coaching: https://livefeisty.com/courses/ @feisty_media @trail.society Support our Partners: Use the code FEISTY2026 for 20% off at https://www.tifosioptics.com Good Ranchers: Subscribe and…

People in this episode

Host: Corrine Malcolm

Guest: Nicole Ver Kuilen

Topics covered

• adaptive trail running
• inclusion
• advocacy
• endurance sports
• cancer survival
• equipment design

Keywords

• adaptive athletes
• trail running
• cancer survivor
• advocacy
• inclusion
• sports equipment
• representation

Sponsors

Tifosi Optics, Good Ranchers, rabbit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: So Every BODY Can Move, Salomon, Salomon Adaptive Project, FeistyFest

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